Tong
מֶלְקָחַ֫יִםStrong’s H4457melqach (mel-qach)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Melqach is the Hebrew word usually translated “tongs its” and “tongs”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.”
Meaning
- Snuffers, tongstongs (for altar use) · snuffers (for lamps in temple or tabernacle)
How it's translated
- and tongs its 2
- and the tongs 2
- tongs its 1
- with tongs 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 2
- Numbers 1
- 1 Kings 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
- Isaiah 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 37:23And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.
- Numbers 4:9And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
- 1 Kings 7:49And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,
- 2 Chronicles 4:21And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;
- Isaiah 6:6Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
Hebrew dictionary
מֶלְקָחַ֫יִם melqach · tong
1) snuffers, tongs 1a) tongs (for altar use) 1b) snuffers (for lamps in temple or tabernacle)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tong” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TONG, noun
[See Tongs.]
The catch of a buckle. [Not used.] [See Tongue.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.